Hello!
Quoting <[email protected]> (30.09.09 07:38):
> Most decent nodes will have IPMI and kvm over IP built in. That and a
> reasonable serial concentrator will make your admins lives *much* easier.
+1 vote from me.
> Keep the crash cart, but don't spend more than $300 on it (monitor +
> keyboard/mouse and a cart that rolls). It isn't for management, its for
> last resort.
One of the best solutions I saw so far was a KVM drawer in one rack with a
small KVM switch and a single, long cable per rack. Open the rack, attach
the cable and you're done. Moving a cart through a typical datacenter with
cables, boxes and other crap on the floor is usually a mess.
Beat
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